<html>
<head>
<script>

function boom()
{
  document.documentElement.offsetHeight;

  document.documentElement.style.direction = "rtl";

  document.documentElement.offsetHeight;
  var s = document.getElementById("s");

  s.removeChild(s.firstChild);

  document.documentElement.offsetHeight;
}

</script>
</head>
<body onload="boom();" style="width: 1px;"><span id="s"> x y</span></body>
</html>
